Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1617]
-' • in • postposition
- me' in, in it [inanimate object]
- łe' (bunched up) together, (pulled) together [literally, into each other] [reciprocal object]
- whila'-me' in my hand
- me'-no:'iw'awh I put (round object) in it
- łe'-no:ne:lay I laid (several objects) down close together, piled up
Audio (click to listen)
- de:di-me:q'
here in this valley, on the valley floor (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- me'
in (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- to:-me'
in the water (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- whiq'ay'-me'
inside of my thighs (euphemism) (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xoq'ay-me'
inside of his or her thighs (euphemism) (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- kiyiq'-me'
in a hollow tree (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- me'
inside (it) (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- me'-ch'ing'
into it (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- me'-ch'ing' yehwe:yay
I stepped into it (spoken by Verdena Parker)
Examples from texts
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sometimes he goes into the bathroom, and also/then
and then, the telephone sitting up there, I talk to him in it sometimes
he doesn't know how I can be in that phone
she's in there, and then she comes back out, and then she comes back home
he said, let's go look at father, there for sure is where he's at
naya'widil haya:ł me:da'ay-ne:s 'e'n na:'ulte' miq'it-na:na'ay-e: ła'ay-xw ch'ina'n ting niwho:n miq'it-na:na:di'a' wha:ne me' na:k'idił-ne'in
they're coming back, then as for the Chinese, he was working at ironing, he did really good ironing, they only went around in well-ironed clothes
de:di-'ungya' me:da'ay-ne:s ch'ischwin'-xola:n la'ay-xw-q'ut tin niwho:n de:diwiłiq' me' silay wilchwe:n haya:ł ya:na:da:wh
she realized that the Chinese man made [all at once] really good bread sitting in (a pan) and it was rising
He hadn't been inside long when he saw Buzzard flying around in the sky.
Along the beach all of them on the sand, they are strong, they are young people.
haya:ł-q'ut hay mich'ing' ya'widil [ya'xowile:l] haya:ł-q'ut me'dil-me'-tah 'aht'ing k'isdiyun yehwinyay diywho' 'aht'ing
And then they are going toward it (the land), and into the canoes the old people put in all of their (stuff, belongings).
Going south along the coast they travelled.
and then they put me there in the back of the car, and then
they said to me, "you throw up in there," and then, "okay!"
and then "in it you will throw up," and then
they came to pick me up (my mother and my uncle), they made a bed in the back of the car, I laid down on it
...na:whdiyay-e: na:ya'whiniłdite:n hayahujit xontah-me' yeh-na:ya'wiłte:n k'iste:n-me' no:na:ya'whiniłte:n
... I returned, they brought me back (lying down), and then they brought me back into the house, they put me back in the bed
he would go away again, and then when five days had gone by, he would bring another one
... two of them. and then they picked up the desk (what you sit on), what is made for putting stuff in
xa'e'te:de:tł' ch'iniwint'ik' ya'k'iwinya'n diywho' 'a:da:-no:kiłe: xiwinse'n me' haya:ł q'ut ya:k'iwidiya'n
they were all in a line, piling stuff on their (own) plates, and we all ate also
"there's drinking going on, so I don't want you to stay in here" she said
she said "you stay hidden in the car"
she took me back outside, in the car, and then in the back (of the car)
as for him, (because he went bad), he is incarcerated out in the middle of the sea. one day ...
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